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Welcome to the Education Effectiveness Service website at the Swansea Grid for Learning.

Education Effectiveness ServiceThe Local Education Authority (LEA), which is effectively the Council, has a duty under the School Standards and Framework Act (1998) to raise standards in schools. The Education Department helps the LEA to meet this and other statutory and regulatory responsibilities as well as providing services on a traded basis with schools.

The Education Department's priorities are firmly based on national and local needs. There are statutory requirements to provide a strategic lead as an LEA, ensure support for school improvement, meet special educational needs and promote access and social inclusion.

These are delivered within the context of the local needs of Swansea which in particular focus on the strategic objectives which are summarised as:

  • improving learning opportunities for children and young people
  • improving schools
  • supporting schools in all aspects of the curriculum
  • widening opportunities for learning in the community
  • ensuring effective forward planning
  • resource management and service improvement processes.

Life Long Learning

Our aim is to work in partnership with individuals, communities and organisations to promote and support learning throughout life as part of the development of Swansea as A City and County of Learning.

As a member of the City & County of Swansea Learning Partnership, we are pleased to offer a range of non-vocational programmes throughout the Swansea area, complementing the array of courses planned by our partners in the Further Education, Higher Education and Voluntary Sectors. Discover for yourself how you can learn new skills and rediscover old ones.

Use the menu on the right of the page to explore the Education Effectiveness Service Website. Please note that some links will lead to external sites.

Contact

Education Effectiveness Service, YGG Bryn Tawe, Heol Gwyrosydd, Penlan, Swansea. SA5 7BU.

Telephone: 01792 562660 Fax: 01792 562661

Site Update

Curriculum Signposts!
The City and County of Swansea maintains a number of websites to support teachers, pupils and parents. The aim of the websites is to provide support for a range of National Curriculum subjects and local and national initiatives. To help you to locate just the right information you might require, we have produced this Curriculum Signposts page. Click the signpost to visit the site!

City and County of Swansea Guidlines on ADHD added to the Inclusion area.

New area added to the site: Eight Reading Behaviours.

Multimodal Literacy Resources added to the site.

EES Staff Visit Log for recording visits to schools (log-in required) now online.

Previous school visit logs: Sep 2010 | Apr 2011